Plate tectonics<span>is a </span>scientific theory<span> that describes the large-scale motion of </span>Earth<span>'s </span>lithosphere<span>. This theoretical model builds on the concept of </span>continental drift<span> which was developed during the first few decades of the 20th century. The </span>geoscientific<span> community accepted plate-tectonic theory after </span>seafloor spreading was validated in the late 1950s and early 1960s.<span>The lithosphere, which is the rigid outermost shell of a planet (the crust and upper mantle), is broken up into </span>tectonic plates<span>. </span>
Critical thinking means that you should question everything that you read and hear and you should also verify your information. You should not just accept the first possible answer without questioning or verifying it.
So the correct answer is:
c. implementing the first solution to a problem identified
Answer: The average speed is 27,24 mph (exactly 1008/37 mph)
Explanation:
This is solved using a three rule: We know the speeds and the distances, what we can obtain from it is the time used. It is done like this:
1h--->18mi
X ---->20 mi, then X=20mi*1h/18mi= 10/9 h=1,111 h
1h--->56mi
X ---->20 mi, then X=20mi*1h/56mi= 5/14 h=0,35714 h
Then the average speed is calculated by taking into account that it was traveled 40mi and the time used was 185/126 h=1,468 h and since speed is distance over time we get the answer. Average speed= 40mi/(185/126 h)=1008/37 mph=27,24 mph.
Divide
(the distance covered in some period of time)
by
(the time taken to cover the distance).
The quotient is the average speed during that period of time.
